A hiker was rescued after developing acute mountain sickness on the Devil’s Playground Trail on Saturday night.
According to Teller County Search and Rescue, rescue teams responded to the hiker in distress above tree line on the Devil’s Playground Trail. The hiker was showing signs of acute mountain sickness.
Rescues helped warm the subject and assessed them, then loaded the subject into a litter, performing an uphaul to a UTV. The UTV took the subject and personnel to the Devil’s Playground parking area. Ute Pass EMS and UCHealth Lifeline 1 continued to care for the patient there…